Sutton Manifest Destiny Questions

Which view does NOT run parallel with the principle of Manifest Destiny

"Settlement westward supported the American ideal of equality of all races under God"

Stating that nothing must interfere with America's "manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions," thus _____ coined the term which historians have applied to the American nation's relentless expansion westward in the decades following the War of 1812

John L. O'Sullivan

Which statement about John Tyler as President is NOT true?

He was known as "the President without a party" due to his waffling between Democratic and Whig policies; nevertheless, historians evaluate his presidency somewhat favorably

The _____ settled the boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick, demonstrating the continued normalization of Anglo-American relations in general and mounting economic dependence in particular

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

All of the following conditions represented significant obstacles for massive westward American expansion EXCEPT

public sentiment

The rapid expansion of American population and geographic area in 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s had somewhat paradoxical result in that it

endangered national unity by creating new variances among Americans tied to geographic sections

The man known as the "Father of Texas" because he led the first American settlers into the region under the epresario system established by the Mexican government during the early 1820s was

Stephen Austin

Friction between American settlers in Texas and the Mexican government arose in the late 1820s for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

presence of American troops in Texas to support attempts of the settlers to obtain more autonomy

The greatest Texan victory of the Texas Revolution occurred when General Samuel Houston's army engaged Mexican forces under General Santa Anna at

San Jacinto

After the Texas Revolution, immediate attachment of Texas to the United States did not ensue for all for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

apprehension by the Lone Star Republic itself stemming from sharp cultural differences with the neighboring states of the South

According to the map "Trails West," the Oregon Trail

followed a route similar to the Mormon Trail part of the way

One significant aspect of life on the westward trails in the 1840s was that

the journeys were especially taxing for women

Among the perils listed, that which usually mounted the LEAST danger to large wagon trains along the Oregon Trail and similar major westward routes was

Indian attacks

in 1840, California could be most accurately described as

unmistakably Mexican with only a trickle of white American settlers

While the Democratic Party's choice for President in 1844, James K. Polk, _____, Whig candidate Henry Clay _____.

endorsed widespread acquisition of vast western territory …. opposed annexation of Texas

American settlement in the Oregon Country was concenrated

in the ultra-fertile Willamette Valley

In 1846 the United States signed a treaty with Great Britain dividing the Oregon Country in a satisfactory manner to both nations, although not without preliminary diplomatic friction. The initial boundary envisioned by Great Britain was the

Columbia River

The final Oregon Treaty between the United States and England was popular and quickly approved because

war with Mexico had begun

The boundaries of the oddly-configured Lone Star Republic (1836-45) reached six current states. Later, the Mormons' proposed state of Deseret (1849) contained parts, however small, of nine present states. These huge land claims included land common to all of the following states EXCEPT

Wyoming

President James K. Polk's curt statement to Congress that "war exists" between the United States and Mexico supports the general historical interpretation that the President's actions toward Mexico were

partiotically-charged responses from a President who harbored Jacksonian principles

Many northerners objected to war with Mexico because they

thought Texas would become a slave state, thus upsetting the balance between slave and free states

Under terms dictated by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, negotiated by State Department official Nicholas Trist against the directives of President James K. Polk, Mexico agreed to

recognize the Rio Grande as the sothern boundary of Texas

For many Americans, the ultimate justification of Manifest Destiny in general and the Mexican War in particular seemed to be the

discovery of gold near Sacramento, California, in 1848

Several years after the Mexican War, the United States obtained additional land from Mexico for $10 million. This territory, known as the Gadsden Purchase, completed the outline of the continental United States which exists today. Of the following, the town contained within the Gadsden land is

Tucson

As the United States acquired more and more territory between 1803 and 1805, controversy arose most often regarding

expansion of slavery into new states

"As an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico … neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory." The source of this statement is the

Wilmont Proviso

The original advocate of organizing new territories and admitting new states on the basis of "squatter sovereignty" was

Lewis Cass

Zachary Taylor was chosen to run for President by the Whigs in 1848 because of his

military career

In the presidential election of 1848, Democratic Party supporters of Martin Van Buren who opposed Lewis Cass were nicknamed

"Barnburners"

In 1849, some 80,000 Americans migrated to California as a direct result of the

discovery of gold near Sacramento

All of the following statements regarding California's statehood process are correct EXCEPT

some Californians were relunctant to dissolve the Bear Flag Republic, instead preferring to remain independent of the United States

The renowned politician who initially proposed the legislative package which reached fruition as the Compromise of 1850, thus capping a political career known for its unionism through sectional cooperation, was

Henry Clay

The death of President Zachary Taylor and elevation of Vice-President Millard Fillmore to the White House generated which equation regarding presidential support of the Compromise of 1850?

Taylor opposed; Fillmore approved

In the debates over the Compromise of 1850, Henry Clay's most famous argument was expressed in his statement, "You have got what is worth more than a thousand Wilmot Provisos … You have nature on your side." Clay's message, paraphrased, was

slavery was, in effect, aptly prohibited in some regions of the United States by the sheer realities of topography and climate

The most controversial portion of the Compromise of 1850 was

strengthening the Fugitve Slave Law

Which was the general public reaction to the Compromise of 1850?

Mass meetings held throughout the country supported it

"Humorless, dogmatic, and calculating, he pursued his objectives of Manifest Destiny with aggressive determination. Embracing a continental vision of the United States, he not only endorsed the previous President's plan to annex Texas but looked beyond, hoping to wrest lower Oregon from Great Britain and California from Mexico. As a result, he is the President most historically associated with the fervent Manifest Destiny movement which captivated America during the early 1800s." The President described is

James K. Polk

Opposition to Manifest Destiny would most likely have been expressed by

members of the Whig Party during the Mexican War

"Elected to the Senate from Missouri during the height of America's feverish era of Manifest Destiny, his name grew synonymous with continental expansion. Accordingly, he favored free homesteads for westward pioneers and an extensive federal internal improvements program." The person described is

Thomas Hart Benton

Which match of western territory and method of acquisition is NOT correct?

Maine … arbitration

The intended message of the 1846 cartoon above is critical of the man seated. Of the following, the LEAST logical characteristic of the drawing's source is

supporter of Manifest Destiny

The capital of Utah is Sa___

lt Lake City